Part of: Re-Think Athens: Urban Challenges

Managing diversity in today’s metropolis

Cycle "Re-think Athens"

Dates

Prices

Free admission

Location

Onassis Stegi

Time & Date

Day
Time
Venue
Day
Tuesday
Time
19:00
Venue
Upper Stage

Information

Tickets

Free admission

General Information

Entrance to all the events in the “Talks and Thoughts” Cycle is free and on a first come, first served basis.
The distribution of entrance tickets begins one (1) hour before each event.
Simultaneous translation is provided in the case of speakers using a language other than Greek.

The central question posed by this series relates to the ways in which contemporary metropolises can manage this variety and polysemy for the benefit of society as a whole.

To understand the bustling variety of post-industrial metropolises, one needs to distinguish between the many different forms of diversity that make up their overarching polysemy and complexity. The central question posed by this series relates to the ways in which contemporary metropolises can manage this variety and polysemy for the benefit of society as a whole.

Speakers

  • Dean, Professor of Urban Geography, Faculty of Geosciences, Utrecht University, Heidelberglaan

    Ronald van Kempen

  • Professor of Urban Governance and Development, Bartlett School of Planning, University College London

    Mike Raco

  • Sociologist, Researcher of ΕΚΚΕ (National Center of Social Research)

    Nicholas Souliotis

  • President of the Greek National Commission for Human Rights

    Kostis Papaioannou

Chair

  • Journalist, radio station Athens 9,84

    Gina Moscholiou

Curator

  • Professor of Social Geography, Department of Geography, Harokopio University

    Thomas Maloutas